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|  Message 25732  |
|  Aaron Thomas to Ron L.  |
|  Re: President Trump  |
|  01 Jun 25 16:18:17  |
 TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A49 MSGID: 1:342/200 aacc6219 REPLY: 1:120/616 793643c2 TZUTC: -0700 RL> But we have to beware of confirmational bias here. RL> RL> Example: RL> A teacher hears a child in her class sneeze. The next day, 5 kids in RL> the class are sick. To the teacher, that's confirmation that viruses RL> exist and are contageous. RL> RL> But that confirmation is biased because the teacher has ignored the RL> hundred other times that a child sneezed and **no** kids got sick. RL> Because it was a non-event, while 5 children out sick at once was RL> something that stuck in the teacher's head. Whenever possible, it's good to use the pychology to your advantage. A kid sneezed? Just say to yourself "It's allergies." --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2023/04/30 (Windows/64) * Origin: JoesBBS.Com, Telnet:23 SSH:22 HTTP:80 (1:342/200) SEEN-BY: 105/81 106/201 128/187 129/14 153/7715 154/110 218/700 226/30 SEEN-BY: 227/114 229/110 114 206 317 426 428 470 700 705 266/512 291/111 SEEN-BY: 292/854 320/219 322/757 342/200 202 396/45 712/848 902/26 SEEN-BY: 5075/35 PATH: 342/200 229/426 |
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